Christmas!!

Christmas time always seems so chaotic with parties, shopping, hyper children and the all around hustle and bustle but we found time as a family to slow down a bit. We decided not to plan too many activities and did most of our shopping online so we wouldn't have to fight crowds and accomplished what we wanted. This year, I am mostly grateful for a beautiful family with my five kids, a roof over our head, good friends and family to share the holidays with and for my Savior Jesus Christ. I will let our photos tell the rest of our story of our Christmas.

 Visiting Santa at the mall!

      At the Sabin Family Party!

     Becky and William at the Gooch Party!

            My girls!

           The Gooch grandchildren! Bill and Laurel would be proud!

      Our sweet little Eli having fun on Christmas!

       The most obnoxious toy on the planet! Yeah for us!

        Cute little guy!

       Brinton's new football. He wants to play next fall!

          Sara and Grandpa Sabin cuddling!

 

 Steve, Anna and Jack!

        Daddy and Eli!

          Sara's new Tangled doll! Her new Rapunzel!

                                      

         Brinton shaking his Jenga game.

            Princess blankets are the best!

             Soccer anyone!

            Eli is always calm around Lisa!

Christmas is coming!

Christmas is coming and we don't have a goose that is fat! We had better hurray. We got a relatively late start to the holiday season considering that all of our decorations were in storage. We were hoping that we would be moving before Christmas but that hasn't quite worked out yet. So we had to search for our decorations. We had a great Family Home Evening where we went and picked out a tree and we had a fun night decorating and drinking hot chocolate. It is so much fun to see all of the tree ornaments each year and to add to them. Eli got his first ornament which is a Rudolph ornament. This will add to our Elvis, Black Santa, Denver Broncos, Tinkerbell, and several fun Nutcracker ornaments. We are ecclectic to say the least. We can't decide on a theme so we make it up as we go along. This is such a great time of year and my kids are really looking forward to seeing the lights on Temple Square and seeing David Archuleta perform with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We also went to the Festival of Trees where we were able to see Cam and Amy's tree that Stoel Reves donated. It was so beautiful and was a crowd pleaser. Bring on the season!

Eli's First Thanksgiving!

So our lives have obviously been crazy what with our newest addition. We have been having a blast! We decided to have our own little Thanksgiving Dinner and had some great friends over for dessert and games. We had so much pie that I think I gained all the baby weight back!  Let's just say that it was a fun day! Eli is growing like a weed and couldn't be sweeter. The kids are overly-helpful but it is fun to see that they love him! I count my blessings every day for my family. A great husband, awesome kids and family and friends who love me. Now if we could sell our home and get a bigger place, we will be good to go!

Baby Eli!

He's here everyone! Finally on Monday November 8th 2010 at 3:18pm our little Eli came into this world! I was so ready for him to arrive. The day couldn't have gone smoother. We walked into the IMC hospital at 7:15am to be induced and I arrived to find my personal nurse for the day already setting my room up. Our friend Susan Lake came in on her day off to help with the delivery. She was awesome! She introduced me to lime ice which I was so excited about considering I was so thirsty. I had Pitossin administered at 8:30am, my water was broken at 11:45 and Eli came at 3:18pm. He is the cutest little guy. He hardly cries, has lots of hair and looks like a Gooch. Go figure! I am so grateful that everything went well. He weighed in at 8 lbs 12 oz. and 21 inches long. Needless to say, we have big babies! I was so elated that I didn't even care and have been recovering nicely! We are now a table for 7!

Halloween!

So I know that it's been a while since I've posted but I'm back and ready to show off the kiddos again! We had a really low key Halloween this year which was perfect for me! We had the usual school parade and school parties. I asked Dave go around with the girls this year because let's face it, I'm huge and would have not enjoyed the Trick or Treating walk. Anna decided to be Cinderella this year, Sara was a punk-rock girl, Brinton was the old man from UP and Braeden went as a princess for his girl-boy party!!! EEEEK! We have a son who is hanging out with girls! We are in trouble! But the kids all had a great weekend and have so much candy we don't know what to do! Also, according to Dave, the bottom picture is what Braeden would look like as a little girl which is just like me apparantly!!! So cute!

Catching Up

So it's been a while since I have blogged and it feels like we have been on a whirlwind. If you can keep up, then this is for you!!!!

From the 4th of July until now.....

We were able to spend some great time with family over the 4th of July. Dave's aunt, uncle and cousins came into town from Arizona for their family vacation and they spent time with us at Murray Park for food, fun and fireworks! It was such a nice night and very cool. I am sure that they loved it coming from 115 degree weather.

We also had a chance to hang out with my family at mom and dad's house. We had a BBQ and played games. The family played steal the flag and had a water fight. It was a lot of fun!

Dave and I had a great opportunity in taking Braeden to the temple for the first time. He was so excited! He invited Kanon Black to do Baptisms for the Dead with him. We were able to go out to dinner with Nate, Kelly and Kanon. I was so proud, not just because he went, but because he was so excited to go. He asks every week when he can go back!

Shall I keep going? I know I know. I should just update more often so I don't have these issues. But, here goes more...

Braeden and Dave were able to go with the Scouts for his very first week long Scout Camp. I was glad Dave was able to go with him because it was the first time he had ever gone but by Day 2 I was really ready for him to come home. I got a call Tuesday of that week from Dave telling me that they were on their way back from the Evanston ER because Braeden had been bitten by something and his entire hand had swelled up huge! Great! He took an antibiotic, an anti-venom and a pain killer. Poor kid! But he decided that he wanted to brave the rest of the trip! I was really glad when they came home!

Now to the recent!!! Yeah! We are in full swing with soccer. My days are filled with practices, games and tournaments. The boys both participated in the Max Cup which is their soccer club! They had some great showings. Brinton's team was undefeated and took first place! Braeden's team lost in the finals after playing the full game, overtime and shoot-outs. They lost by 1 point in shoot-outs! They both played so great and are looking forward to the full season starting in a week!

We also had a little fun with friends over the past couple of weeks. We went up the canyon for FHE with the Blacks and went to the Thanksgiving Farm with Becky and her kids! Boy has it been hot!!!! That's coming from a big pregnant woman who likes to sit on top of the air conditioning vent to stay cool! All in all, I would say that we have been busy but had a great summer! Now onto school! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  (Can you tell I am excited?)